Automobile license-tag bracket.



E M. ROSENBLUTH,

AUTOMOBILE LICENSE TAG BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1911.

1,037,183,, Patented Aug.27, 1912. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

EDWIN M. ROSENBLUTI-I, OF PHILAIDELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE LICENSE-TAG BRACKET Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Original application filed May 25, 1910, SeriaI'No. 563,299. Divided and this application filed August 24, 1911.. Serial No. 645,725.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. ROSEN- BLUTH, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have lnventecl a certain new and useful Improvement in Automobile License-Tag Brackets, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

my application Serial Number 563,299 filed May 2-5, 1910 for Letters Patent ofthe United States.

As hereinafter described, my invention includes a metal bracket having a socket, pe-

culiarly shaped to fit upon lamp props .of the different forms ordinarily provided as fixtures. on automobiles; said bracket having in integral relation with said socket member-thereof a license tag holder plate and a lamp holder standard conveniently disposed upon respectively opposite sides of said socket member, and, said lamp holding member of the bracket being offset from the plane of the license tag. holder member to presentthe lamp in cooperative relation therewith. a

' My invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the drawings; Figure I is a plan view of a bracket conveniently embodying my invention. Fig. II is a front elevation of said bracket.

In said figures; the horizontal portion 1 of the bracket is provided withthe fiat rectangular socket 2, having circular are recesses 3 so that said bracket is adapted to engage any round or flat lamp prop fixture with which automobiles are ordinarily provided. For instance, a lamp prop or iron having a round vertical standard'may be firmly seated in the recesses 3 of the bracket member 1, and, the latter also fits upon an ordinary lamp prop or iron having a fiat vertical standard which may be firmly seated in the rectangular ortion 2 of the socket in said bracket Bald lampiron engaging portion 1 of the bracket is conveniently prov1ded with clamping means including two screws 4 adapted to engage it upon either-the round or flat form' of support aforesaid. Said bracket member 1 is provided with the vertically projecting arm 5 havingthe latterallyextendingplate 6'at the top thereof in integral relation with said arm 5 and horizontal lamp prop engaging portion 1. Said plate 6 being provided with bolt slots 8 respectively in its opposite 'aline'd vertical plane ends, in which the bolts 10 are adjustable towardand away from each other -said bolts are conveniently provided with squared portions 11 which prevent their rotation in said slots, so that] a license tag plate maybe clamped in rigid. relation .with

said holder plate 6by'wing nuts 12 on said bolts 10, the latter having heads 14 bearing upon the opposite face of said platefi. Said bracket is provided with a lamp holder standand 15, being atapered post projecting upwardly'from one end of said horizontal memher 1 of the bracket, and which asshown in Fig. I is oifset from the plane of the license tag holder to present the lamp in such relation therewith that the numbered face of the license tag plate carried by said holder is illuminated by said lamp.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to limitfmyself-to the precise construction or arrangement herein set forth, as various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention'as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1. A supporting bracket of the character described, comprising a horizontal lamp iron engaging portion having clamping means, a lamp-engaging post projecting upwardly from one end of said portion, and an upwardly anddaterally extending plate-supporting arm -projecting. from the opposite end of said portion. 7 I

2. A bracket of the character described, comprising a horizontal lamp iron engaging portion having clamping means, a tapered post projectingiipwardly from one end of said portion and formed integrally therewith, and an upwardly and laterally .eX- tending plate-supporting arm projecting integrally from the opposite end of said portion. Y I

3. A device of the character set forth comprising a base having a vertical socket, said socket being provided with an elongated slot -adapted to be adjusted thereacross' at said.

and with a transverse enlargement of said slot, a set screw carried by the socket and enlargement, a lamp-supporting member carried by said base, and a number-plate supporting member also carried by said base. 7 4. A device of the character set forth comprisinga base having at one end a lampsupporting member and at the other end a vertical socket,isaid socket'having an elon,

gated slot therein {provided with a central enlargement, a set screw carried by said.

' enlargement, and ahorizontal socket above the former socket,

5. 'A device of the character set forth com- I prising a base having a lamp-supporting member. and a vertical socket, said socket having" an elongated 'slot therein and a. cen- 20 tra'lenlargement and a set screw common to said slot and said enlargement.

-6. A device of th efcharact er set forth com- -prising a base having a license number plate holding member anda vertical socket, said socket having an elongated slot therein provided with a central enlargement; and, clamping means common to said slot and said enlargement. v

7. A. device of the character set forth com prising a base having a license number plate holding member. and a vertical socket, said socket having an elongated slot therein; and,

clamping means common to said slot and -including a plurality of screw threaded copies of this patent my be obtained {ox-Ive cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." 

